| From: | Paul Hill |
| Date: | 8 Jun 2000 at 16:31:33 |
| Subject: | 680x0 UAE |
Alan Buxey wrote:
>
> > > why?
> >
> > So it doesn't need to emulate the processor. This would be more of a 'virtual
> > Amiga' than an emulator. Yeah, I know there would be compattibility issues
> > but these could be worked around (disabling caching and the usual tricks).
>
> a-ha! *that* reason :-) Okay, I thought you meant so that it could emulate
> MC030+ CPU's.
>
> yep, your idea is the way for it to go...as i've said before, it'd then use
> less CPU time for what it doesnt need to use. Just as the real paula should
> be used rather than emulated (i believe there are NO changes between OCS,
> ECS and AGA Paula registers with respect to sound)
Yep, this is what I thought also. I'm sure there's other bits of hardware
that wouldn't need to be emulated also. Interrupts could cause troubles.
> > I'm talking about a pure 680x0 version here, not a PPC one.
>
> I believe that a native 060 UAE (ie use the built in 0x0 and dont emulate!)
> would be faster than a PPC UAE
Me too.
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